As you may have seen from our Facebook page early Thursday afternoon, Mile of Music: Mile 2 announced the first 50 acts expected to perform at this year’s festival, Aug. 7-10. The organizers have an impressive show planned. Some of the highlight stats offered up by Dave Willems on the features of Mile of Music: READ MORE

We’ve been thinking a lot about great photography. Maybe it’s the spring thaw that has awakened us from the cold, gray shades of winter with the promise of an explosion of color – every shot seems like a new discovery. Or, it could be that two important photo events are getting underway. Either way, it’s READ MORE

If you’re like most people, you probably can’t take a week off of work and jet to South Africa on any given day. Luckily, the Performing Arts Center offers the next best thing: sights and sounds inspired by South Africa in downtown Appleton. Last night, the PAC brought us Step Afrika!, the first stepping troupe READ MORE

You can’t blame Dale Van Minsel for being excited. Anytime you get to be the first one to do something, it’s an exciting event. Van Minsel will always have the honor of being the first artist to have his work displayed in the Trout Museum of Art‘s new Great Northern Regional Artist Gallery. The new space READ MORE